Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

June 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Thursday:

** Amazon.com Inc said it would buy small online pharmacy PillPack, a move that will put the world's biggest online retailer in direct competition with drugstore chains, drug distributors and pharmacy benefit managers.

** Canadian auto parts supplier Magna International Inc said on Thursday it would buy Italian company Olsa SpA for 230 million euros ($267 million), to expand its automobile lighting business.

** Thyssenkrupp's powerful labour representatives on Thursday signalled their support for a planned joint venture with Tata Steel, effectively guaranteeing that the landmark deal will be approved by the group's supervisory board.

** Britain's takeover regulator is considering whether Walt Disney might have to make a higher offer for Sky in the wake of the U.S. company's move to hike its bid for Twenty-First Century Fox assets to $71.3 billion.

** TCI Fund Management Ltd, a large Twenty-First Century Fox Inc shareholder, has urged Fox executive chairman Rupert Murdoch to give Comcast Corp a chance to top Walt Disney Co's $71 billion offer to buy most of Fox's assets, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters.

** Private equity-backed Neptune Energy has agreed to buy the Norwegian and Danish offshore oil and gas assets of German gas utility VNG, the companies said.

** Italy's Generali is expected to start exclusive talks shortly over the potential sale of its 40 billion euro ($48 billion) German life insurance portfolio to private equity-backed Viridium, a person close to the matter said.

** Poland's second largest Bank Pekao is likely to pursue a merger with smaller rival Alior Bank but will delay publication of a recommendation on the tie-up beyond the end of June, two sources familiar with the matter said.

** A group of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd shareholders trying to build support to block the $62 billion acquisition of London-listed Shire Plc failed to get a proposal passed at the drugmaker's annual general meeting.

** General Motors has agreed to transfer its Vietnamese operation to VinFast Trading and Production LLC and distribute Chevrolet cars through the local carmaker, in a move that could help drive up its modest sales in the country.

** BP is buying Britain's top electric vehicle charging firm Chargemaster and will initially roll out its ultra-fast chargers across its filling station network in the UK before turning its attention to China's rapidly growing market.

** An offer from U.S. television billionaire Rocco Commisso for a majority stake in Italy's AC Milan would give the soccer club a total value of around 500 million euros ($579 million), including debt, sources close to the deal said.

** Mobile service company NII Holdings Inc has hired Rothschild & Co to sell control of its Nextel operations in Brazil, two people with knowledge of the matter said, opening the door to consolidation in the country's crowded telecommunications sector.

** Turkish conglomerate Gama Holding is in talks with Malaysia's Tenaga Nasional and other potential buyers about a sale of its 50.5 percent stake in its Gama Enerji energy unit, three sources said, as part of a $1 billion debt restructuring.

** French luxury group LVMH is parting ways with the eco-friendly Edun label started by singer Bono and his wife Ali Hewson, transferring its minority stake back to the founders as the firm winds down its U.S. operations.

** Saudi Aramco signed a deal with National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NOV) to form a joint venture to make onshore rigs and equipment in Saudi Arabia, the state-owned Saudi energy firm said. (Compiled by Karan Nagarkatti and Arunima Banerjee in Bengaluru)